Sierra = SLOW!

OMG...updated to Sierra (currently on 10.12.4) and my computer is sslllooooooowww! No other problems or glitches, but dang did it load everything up. Everything is a time consuming journey. Very annoying. Anyone else have this?

Which Mac do you have?
How much RAM is installed?
Do you have a spinning hard drive - or an SSD?
How long have you been using it with Sierra?
A new upgrade to Sierra can take several hours of use before the system settles in.
You may be able to tell in your Activity Monitor, as it will likely show that services, such as mdworker, may be taking a lot of resources. This is quite normal for the first few hours after an upgrade.
If you have just upgraded to Sierra, give it a day or two.
If you have a spinning hard drive, instead of an SSD, then it may not get much better.

I have no performance problems on Sierra with an "old" late 2012 mbp - sure I wish I had an SSD but other than taking a bit to start up - I have no performance complaints - and it certainly hasn't gotten any worse with OS upgrades

I have no performance problems on Sierra with an "old" late 2012 mbp - sure I wish I had an SSD but other than taking a bit to start up - I have no performance complaints - and it certainly hasn't gotten any worse with OS upgrades

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I concur (2010 iMac) – there must be some other factor at work: suggest running Etrecheck

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